One thing I had in mind when I selected my Yaesu FT-8800 over the FT-7800 was the possibility of using it as a mobile crossband repeater with a dual band HT.
Just about the time I got the nerve to try it, a friend of mine got written up by an Official Observer for doing just want I planned to do. The O.O. said his setup (on an Alinco, BTW) lacked a key-down timer, a remote control shut-down mechanism, and an automatic repeater id message.
I think I can manage a way to shut down if someone starts cussing--and most of the problems go away if I only only repeat the signals from my HT using tones and flipping the offset backwards.
Has anyone come up with a way to make an 8800 ID? --or accept input from an external id board? It almost sounds simpler to get two cheap commercial radios and controller board and make a legal Xband repeater from scratch!
Such a shame to have a nice feature and not be able to use it!
73,
Currahee
Just about the time I got the nerve to try it, a friend of mine got written up by an Official Observer for doing just want I planned to do. The O.O. said his setup (on an Alinco, BTW) lacked a key-down timer, a remote control shut-down mechanism, and an automatic repeater id message.
I think I can manage a way to shut down if someone starts cussing--and most of the problems go away if I only only repeat the signals from my HT using tones and flipping the offset backwards.
Has anyone come up with a way to make an 8800 ID? --or accept input from an external id board? It almost sounds simpler to get two cheap commercial radios and controller board and make a legal Xband repeater from scratch!
Such a shame to have a nice feature and not be able to use it!
73,
Currahee